Comments on: Rainy Days in the High Country http://www.highcountryparent.com/rainy-days-in-the-high-country/ Family Friendly Information and Fun Near Boone, NC Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://www.highcountryparent.com/rainy-days-in-the-high-country/#comment-258 Sarah Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:27:57 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=3257#comment-258 Those are great ideas! Those are great ideas!

]]> By: Amy http://www.highcountryparent.com/rainy-days-in-the-high-country/#comment-257 Amy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:11:22 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=3257#comment-257 Don't forget the swim complex! While we prefer to be outside at the Blowing Rock pool, if you promise the pool and it rains with no thunder and lightning, the indoor swim complex is always an option! Don’t forget the swim complex! While we prefer to be outside at the Blowing Rock pool, if you promise the pool and it rains with no thunder and lightning, the indoor swim complex is always an option!

]]> By: Jennifer L. http://www.highcountryparent.com/rainy-days-in-the-high-country/#comment-256 Jennifer L. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:58:15 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=3257#comment-256 We just go outside and play in the rain...well, as long as it's not storming! :-) Nothing like a wet sand box or dirt pile! We just go outside and play in the rain…well, as long as it’s not storming! :-) Nothing like a wet sand box or dirt pile!

]]> By: Michelle Ligon http://www.highcountryparent.com/rainy-days-in-the-high-country/#comment-255 Michelle Ligon Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:45:17 +0000 http://www.highcountrymomsquad.com/?p=3257#comment-255 Stop in at The Pet Place at Shoppes at Shadowline to visit with various exotic birds and animals. Get into the rain! Provided there are no downpours or lightning, get on your rain gear, and stake out at the picnic shelter at Valle Crucis Park. Bring your camera and binoculars so you can watch for frogs and other pond wildlife enjoying all that rain. Bring paper, pencils or crayons to draw and color pictures that document what you find. Other stake out options are the gazebo at Broyhill Lake in Blowing Rock, and picnic shelter at Wildcat Lake in Banner Elk. All are within a short walk back to the car if skies turn ominous. Indoor swimming pool time at the Broyhill Wellness Center on Boone Heights Dr. There are family swim times every afternoon. http://tinyurl.com/ldavrc Linville Caverns is eye-opening fun, and is affordable: children under 5 are free. http://tinyurl.com/laq2z5 Catawba Science Center is a great day trip to Hickory, offering hands-on science activities, a chance to pet the stingrays and watch hermit crabs, and catch a show at the planetarium. http://www.catawbascience.org/ And, it's all next to the Hickory Museum of Art, so check that out too. http://www.hickorymuseumofart.org/home.php. Stop in at The Pet Place at Shoppes at Shadowline to visit with various exotic birds and animals.

Get into the rain! Provided there are no downpours or lightning, get on your rain gear, and stake out at the picnic shelter at Valle Crucis Park. Bring your camera and binoculars so you can watch for frogs and other pond wildlife enjoying all that rain. Bring paper, pencils or crayons to draw and color pictures that document what you find. Other stake out options are the gazebo at Broyhill Lake in Blowing Rock, and picnic shelter at Wildcat Lake in Banner Elk. All are within a short walk back to the car if skies turn ominous.

Indoor swimming pool time at the Broyhill Wellness Center on Boone Heights Dr. There are family swim times every afternoon. http://tinyurl.com/ldavrc

Linville Caverns is eye-opening fun, and is affordable: children under 5 are free. http://tinyurl.com/laq2z5

Catawba Science Center is a great day trip to Hickory, offering hands-on science activities, a chance to pet the stingrays and watch hermit crabs, and catch a show at the planetarium. http://www.catawbascience.org/ And, it’s all next to the Hickory Museum of Art, so check that out too. http://www.hickorymuseumofart.org/home.php.

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